This memoir features Osamah, a 13-year-old refugee of the Iran-Iraq war. He is poor and in trouble with the police. He and his family immigrate to Australia where his father is a lead cleric in Melbourne. Osamah tries to be a good Muslim boy but the temptations of Australian society lead him astray from what is expected of him.

1. Cross Cultural Relations
2. Family
3. Immigrants
4. Social Life